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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Before and During

Because I might never get around to painting the mantel and doors blue as planned, and because I've kind of gotten used to the green, here's what the baby's room looked like:

And here's what it looks like:

Yes, the nursery, like every other room in the house, has a dark, sooty fireplace in it that used to be full of birds until we had the chimneys capped (the hearths are too shallow for burning wood—they were used for coal fires).

Vegetarian for a New Generation

Whole Grains for a New Generation

Canning for a New Generation

I live in Lincoln, Nebraska, with my husband and our daughter, and our dog, Cooper. I've published four cookbooks, "Secrets of Slow Cooking," "Hot Drinks for Cold Nights," "Canning for a New Generation," and "Whole Grains for a New Generation." My next book, a vegetarian vegetable book, is due out in spring 2014.